Class Environment

West Ashley High School


Classroom Environment

Our School Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers 106 Up from 101
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees 60.4 No change
Teacher attendance rate 94.9 Up from 94.6
Average teacher salary $64,578 Up from $59,180
Percent of teachers on continuing contract 99.1 Down from 100.0
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year 85.6 Up from 74.5
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average 76.9 Up from 76.8
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks 0.0 No change
Prime instructional time 86.3 Down from 86.7
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects 33.0 to 1 Down from 33.9 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers 15.0 Down from 17.8
Number of inexperienced teachers 24 Down from 27
Percent of out-of-field teachers 6.3 Down from 7.2
Number of out-of-field teachers 10 Down from 11
Percent of inexperienced school leaders 42.9 N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders 3 N/A

ESSA regulations require states to post on their report cards information about teachers with emergency or provisional credentials. South Carolina does not award emergency or provisional credentials, thus that metric is not listed.